Music
Portrait of an Artist: Alvin Curran
Experimental composer Alvin Curran, the Music Department's Louis C. Elson Lecture, discusses a 50-year career in avant-garde music.
A Different Language for Improv Music
Conductor Lawrence D. "Butch" Morris directs his specialized form of improvisational music at the Institute of Contemporary Art.
Magnetic Fields Veer From Droll to Dull on Latest
“Love at the Bottom of the Sea” is a collection of 15 two-minute-and-change snippets that never quite develop into full songs. Now and again, the album shows glimpse of the effortless whimsicality that has characterized the band’s career.
Monson Explores the Intricacies of Coltrane
“The relationship of the words to the music was a bit of a secret to be discovered,” said Monson. “Not even the musicians in the band knew that he was using a text, which suggests that he had it memorized.”
Bird Releases Contemplative Soundscapes
There are few other songwriters who could so creatively string together a girlfriend-as-an-industrialized-country metaphor.
Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra
The Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra performs Giocomo Puccini's lauded opera, Tosca, as part of its 204th season.
Ghungroo Showcases Student Talents
Four female dancers in brightly colored skirts with bells wrapped around their ankles danced gracefully to a Classical Indian song at Agassiz Theatre Thursday night in the twenty-third annual production of Ghungroo.
POPSCREEN: The Shins Get Resurrected
“Simple Song” explores death and showcases The Shins’ elegance
Point/Counterpoint: Gorillaz Release “DoYaThing”
Is "DoYaThing" an energetic anthem or a tepid emulation?
Young Money's Tyga Poses No Threat To the Rap Throne
Six months after "Watch the Throne," there is an improbable, brash pretender to the throne.
Robert Glasper Mixes Genres To Create "Black Radio"
On the closer, “Smells Like Teen Spirit,” Glasper’s band takes a song known for its unintelligible lyrics and loud, abrasive chorus and turns it into a modern jazz-fusion piece.
